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nThere wasn’t a time limit, however, Ian didn’t receive a lot of information to complete the quest.

n‘I just have to do my best.’

nAlthough the quest did not have a time limit, the reward depended on the clear level. This meant that

nthe rank of the Soul Stone that Ian would get will have something to do with the clear level and its

nreward.

n‘I will gather the pieces of the Soul Stone belonging to the strongest monster in this field.’

nThe pieces were dropped in a simple way.

nThe ancient monsters in the field all looked like ghosts, a piece of the monster’s Soul Stone was

ndropped when killing that monster.

nSo, to complete the quest as quickly as possible, Ian just had to keep hunting the weakest monster in

nthe field, gather all the pieces of its Soul Stone and return.

n‘I cannot do that.’ Of course, Ian’s greed would not allow that.

n‘I got a 10-day First Finder effect, so I will comb through the entire field.’

nHe studied the monsters in the field. Their levels were 3~5 higher than the ones at the dungeon where

nhe had done the last quest.

n‘Monsters near the entrance of the field are this strong… that means the boss monster might be over

nLv.100…’

nThen, Ian might find it hard to kill some monsters.

n‘Good, I will also gain some levels!’

nIan killed all the monsters, he then searched for the strongest monster in the field.

n…

n“Herss! The community is all crazy about the news! Have you seen it?”

nHerss was a little confused at seeing Piolan running toward him at the base.

nIt had been less than 15 minutes after Piolan logged out to have a meal.

n“Have you finished eating already?”

n“No, I visited the community and was so surprised that I logged in again.”

nHerss’ eyes widened slightly, “What? Did something happen? I haven’t checked the community, I

nhave been busy hunting…”

nPiolan caught her breath and spoke again, “In the expedition to the North, the Titan Guild found a new

nmap called Forlan Basin and a time-attack dungeon was found there.”

n“What?”

nTime-attack dungeons were a common type of dungeon. Most games had it.

nHowever, a time-attack dungeon had never been found in Kailan, therefore, Herss was very surprised.

n“There are two dungeons; one of them has a level limit of 100, and the other’s is 120.”

nHerss was glad to hear that.

n“Oh… we can go to the one with the Lv.100 limit!”

nPiolan nodded.

n“Yes, I thought that could possible as well, so I ran here as soon as I found out about it.”

nHerss thought about it, “Hmm. Should we stop working on the Public Order and go to the dungeon

nfirst? What do you think, Piolan?”

n“I think the two of us must go there first while we leave the rest here.”

nHerss was a little surprised to hear this, “Huh? What can the two of us do there?”

n“You see, only two can enter the dungeon. The Lv.120 dungeon is for 3~4, but the Lv.100 dungeon is

nfor 2 users.”

n“Oh…”

nThen, Piolan’s proposal made sense.

nPiolan had the highest level in the Guild while he was Lv.110. The other high-level guild members had

nlevels similar to Herss’.

nAs Piolan was a Sorcerer, a Knight would be the best partner. Additionally, Herss was the guild

nmaster, so it would be wise for the two of them enter the dungeon first.

n“We don’t even know what that dungeon is like. Taking everyone would be risking too much.”

nHerss nodded, “You are right, Piolan. We should go there first.”

n“Should we go now?”

nLooking at Piolan’s impatience, Herss laughed and shook his head.

n“You have to eat first, Piolan.”

n“Uh… you are right…” Piolan checked the time and spoke again, “Meet me… 30 minutes later at

nForlan Basin. By now, there must be videos of the fights at the dungeon in the community… so, it

nwould be better to watch them first.”

n“Okay, I get it. Then, I will see you soon.”

n…

nThe Time Traveler title which Ian got as the First Finder of the Highlands of Arnobil was a useful

nreward.

n‘The Master of Hunting title was becoming inefficient by now… this is much better.’

nThe title decreased all the skills’ cooldown time by 15%.

nThe Master of Hunting title had an effect which increased by 5% all the stats when fighting high-level

nenemies and an EP increase. They were clearly good.

nHowever, as Ian’s level got higher, he was more and more relying on his pets in battles so 5% of his

nown battle stats really didn’t mean much. Moreover, now it was impossible for him to fight enemies

nwhose levels were much higher than his own, so the increase in EP was minimal.

nOn the other hand, the 15% decrease of all skills’ cooldown time was very useful.

nHe could feel that he was hunting much faster as the cycle of all skills, including the ones he got when

nhe reached Lv.90, was getting quicker.

nIan hunted happily for a few days with a new title and the First Finder effect. He gained two levels and

nhe was now Lv.96.

n‘The First Finder effect is so good.’

nHe had gathered all the pieces of the Souls Stones of three different ancient monsters, however, Ian

nwasn’t thinking about going back to finish the quest.

nIt was time to hunt the one he had in mind.

n“Hu! shall I go down the cliff?”

nThe Highlands of Arnobil were divided into two parts.

nThe north side of the portal from which Ian went through was the high land where Lv.95~98 lived, the

nlower land, down the cliff of the north had monsters of Lv.100 and higher.

n“Ly, do you see that one?”

nGrowl- Growl-

nThere was a Hero rank monster far down the cliff.

nIt was so far that Ian couldn’t see its name and level, but the giant tiger had a strong force that made it

nclear that it was a powerful monster.

n“You can kill it now, right?”

nInstead of answering, Ly howled to the air.

nAuuuuuu-!

nRake spewed hot fire.

nThe drake would be the first to reach Lv.100 among Ian’s family. Its Attack Force was almost 2500.

n‘By the way, Ly and Bukbuk should evolve soon.’

nTheir Potential had reached 100 long ago.

nHowever, neither of them had evolved. Maybe some requirement was necessary or their levels were

nnot high enough.

n‘But they do their part well, so…’

nWith its high Speed and Attack Force, Ly was doing great as a lone attacker. While Bukbuk had been

nvery useful to Ian since he got the Link skill.

nThanks to its unusually high Defense Force, Bukbuk’s Health was almost always 100%. When using

nthe Link skill on it, it almost worked like a ‘potion’ that recovered 50% of Ian’s Health immediately.

nPlus, the damage was divided among them.

n“Guys, let’s go down.”

nIan slowly went down the cliff with his trustworthy pets.

n‘I’ve never fought with monsters in this part, so I should get used to it first.’

nIan used the Possession skill to be possessed by Clofia and used the Assimilation skill on Ly.

nIan’s body got bigger and he became like a werewolf.

n‘Using Assimilation on Ly is the best. It looks cool as well.’

nWhen Ian got the Assimilation skill, he used it on Rake as it had the highest Attack Force. However,

nafter he got the Ancient Summoner’s Staff, he always used it on Ly.

nThe power of the Sphere of Magic Power Ian fired with his staff depended on his Summoning Magic,

nnot Attack Force.

nHe couldn’t raise Summoning Magic or Spirit Power by using Assimilation on pets, so the most

nefficient way was to maximize his Speed and use his original battle style.

n“Big Guy, you go first!”

nDrrrk-!

nBig Guy nodded and approached the enemies.

nKung- Kung-

nThe large sound that shook the earth, when Big Guy walked, always drew the enemies’ attention.

nThe monsters found Big Guy and started to quickly move toward it.

nThe first monsters Ian encountered under the cliff were giant worms that resembled pills.

n‘Souls of Clopsys… judging from their appearance, their Defense Force must be massive…’

nThe giant worms curled up and rolled toward Big Guy. Their skin looked very thick.

n‘If they are defense type monsters, I can fight more boldly.’

nIt wasn’t easy to drain the Health of defense type monsters, however, their Attack Force was relatively

nweak, so getting attacked by them didn’t bring big damages.

nIan gave the order the moment Big Guy used Abyss Hole.

n“Ly, go in and bite as much as you want!”

nGrowl-!

nRake, who had perfectly adjusted itself to Ian’s way of fighting, fired Breath at the worms stuck at

nAbyss Hole without even being ordered.

nKuooooo-!!

nA red storm of lava was shot forward!

nIts cooldown time was 30 minutes, but it worked well.

nKuaaak-!

nWhen the worms were hit by the Breath, they started to scream.

nIan studied the worms and smacked.

n‘Tut! their Defense Force is too high. They still have more than half of their Health left.’

nTheir names would have started to blink slowly if they had less than half of the Health left, but that

nhappened to none of them.

n‘If they were gargoyles, they would have melted in one breath…’

nIan complained quietly, but at the same time, he was moving busily.

nUuuung-

nA blue Sphere of Magic Power was fired from Ian’s staff and hit the worms.

nPung-!

nThe Spheres of Magic Power of the staff gave back the used Spirit Power when hitting the enemy, so

nit had no usage limit, as long as Ian hit the enemy.

nIt could be called a basic attack that depended on Summoning Magic.

nIt allowed Ian to fight more by himself than just relying on his pets.

nHowever, Ian frowned at seeing the given damage.

n‘Uh! They receive such a small amount of damage.’

nSphere of Magic Power had inflicted almost 5000 damages to monsters in the high land that had a

nweak Defense Force, but now it inflicted just half of that.

n“Lightning Spheres-!”

nLightning Spheres was fired from Ian’s staff. It landed on the middle of the worms and the lightning

nstarted spreading.

nWith the Abyss Hole, Lightning spheres, and Rake’s Breath of Lava that was a wide-range passive

nskill, the Clopsys’ names started to blink one by one despite their massive Defense Force.

nAdditionally, as Ian used Lightning Spheres again, yellow pieces of Lightning were sucked into Chirpy.

nIt meant Chirpy got 1 Spirit Power point.

n‘Oh! Chirpy will evolve in a few days!’

nIan checked Chirpy’s Spirit Power and pleasantly smiled.

nChirpy’s Spirit Power was now 993, only 7 to go till evolving.

nThat gave strength to Ian, he then started to move even faster.

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